A special place to my family has always been my Great-Grandfather’s farm in Pittsburgh Township, Ontario. I just found out from Wikipedia that Pittsburgh is a former township and became part of Kingston in 1998. The farm was located on R.R. 2 near the Howe Island Ferry Road/Joyceville Road. In the last few years, I’ve learned through Google Maps that the farmhouse, barn and outbuildings were torn down.
I did a post in 2008 about an architectural survey done about the farmhouse, formerly the Robert Way house. Find that post here.
The Wilson family owned the farm since 1903. The first two children, Annie Maude and Hugh, were born on Howe Island. But the rest of the children were born on the farm, including my grandfather Charles in 1907.
After it ceased being a working farm in the 1960s, it was a place for family reunions, family vacations and a place to get away from it all. It was located right on the St. Lawrence River. The photo above is from the 1950s, I believe.
Wells & Wilson Family History 